Retirement..I have a plan

We are staying put, I mean not moving anywhere, we have a truck and travel trailer and just plan on being able to stay longer at our favorite spots.
 
Sounds wonderful, OH...you live in camper's paradise. I've done a lot of camping in the PNW..I really miss that country. Tell hubby his job now is to make sure everything is in tip top shape and ready to hit the road when you retire..LOL
 
Ozarkgal said:
Sounds wonderful, OH...you live in camper's paradise. I've done a lot of camping in the PNW..I really miss that country. Tell hubby his job now is to make sure everything is in tip top shape and ready to hit the road when you retire..LOL
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He knows that!

We don't like to get too far from home for very long, my mom is 85, and we have to help her do things. She is still in her own house.

But we should still be able to do some pretty good trips. And we have two 2 week long trips planned for this year. One in May and one in September.

It is camper's paradise around here for sure, but not during the summer, too many people out and about.
 
We don't like to get too far from home for very long, my mom is 85, and we have to help her do things. She is still in her own house.
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You were posting at the same time I was...The beauty of where you live is that you can drive a short distance in any direction and be in a nice camping area.
 
Ozarkgal said:
You were posting at the same time I was...The beauty of where you live is that you can drive a short distance in any direction and be in a nice camping area.
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We have a couple places in Washington that we love, well the beach, LaPush or Kalaloch up on the Olympic Peninsula and in north eastern Washington, near the little town of Republic, it's called Curlew Lake and we love it up there.

Ina said:
I too would love to have a part time job, but I'm on disability, and that means no extra income. Just how does our government expect anyone to survive on the little they "award" you?
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I don't know how a person can do it either.
 
I retired at 52. I thought I might do some part time work to ease into retirement but golf filled my time so the idea of a pt job faded fast. I did do one small contract job for my old employer but darn......it was 'work'. That was the end of that. ;)

If one retires early, you certainly need a passion for something. Golfing 4-5 times a week and looking after my aging mom kept me busy. She passed away last year so going to travel more now and plan to buy a condo on the gulf coast to live part time. So should have plenty to keep me busy. But I can understand how some retirees might go stir crazy if they are unable to get out and do things or have no hobbies. Planning for retitement is more than just saving money, you need to plan for what you want to do in retirement imo.
 
No problem-o there Bullie, I was born for retirement. It doesn't take much to amuse me. I love to putter around the yard and we go camping and I have a ton of reading to catch up on. And there is always my life on the computer too.

And I have an old mom we have to look after, she'll be 86 in May and is still in her own house, so there is lots to do there!
 
OH..one month is nearly gone...only 16 more to go! What I loved best about retirement at first was when I would wake up in the morning and realize I didn't have to jump up and get ready for work. I would lay there for a while, snug and warm and relish the freedom and think for just a minute about all the poor suckers I worked with still having to hoe the row.

Haven't done that in a while..but think I'm going to in the morning, just so I don't forget how lucky I am!
 
Ozarkgal said:
OH..one month is nearly gone...only 16 more to go! What I loved best about retirement at first was when I would wake up in the morning and realize I didn't have to jump up and get ready for work. I would lay there for a while, snug and warm and relish the freedom and think for just a minute about all the poor suckers I worked with still having to hoe the row.

Haven't done that in a while..but think I'm going to in the morning, just so I don't forget how lucky I am!
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Oh how I long for that. I'm almost to the end of my row.
 

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I'm retiring at the end of this school year...nervous and excited! I love teaching kids but the paperwork is a nightmare, and I'd like to have time for other stuff besides deskwork!
 
lucy said:
I'm retiring at the end of this school year...nervous and excited! I love teaching kids but the paperwork is a nightmare, and I'd like to have time for other stuff besides deskwork!
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Oh good for you.

I'm excited and nervous too. Mostly excited to get out of the rat race.
 
lucy said:
I'm retiring at the end of this school year...nervous and excited! I love teaching kids but the paperwork is a nightmare, and I'd like to have time for other stuff besides deskwork!
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I have been retired about 18 months now; I have never regretted it!
 
Congratulations! I am so happy for you OH, you've got a plan. You've also got a husband and that makes all the difference as I see it. All my friends are married and/or still working, so not many opportunities to play during the day and evening. . I am anything but a TV fan and sure don't want to sit at the computer all day. I did that a few days and began to feel so worthless, but that's just me. I enjoy getting out and about and because I live alone, I crave the interaction with people.

And every time I left my house, I was spending money. It's important to me to have some sense of accomplishment, whatever it may be...so that's why after a year I went back to work part time. It won't be that way for you, with the d/h around and will be fun. Being single and retired (without a lot of money to travel) is a whole different can of worms.
 
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